Folding ironing board



Oct. 16, 1928.

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Oct. 16, 1928.

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V srnrnnn F. SLAWSKI, or CULVER CITY, CALIFORN FOLDING mourns BOARD.

llpplication filed October 26, 1926 Serial No. 144,282.

The object of the invention is to provide a folding aswell as an adjustable ironing board which is so constructed that it can be entirely enclosed, when not in use, in a wall pocket having a depth as shallow as that formed by three inch studding; to provide a device of-this character that may be readily extended to and locked in operative position, and when in such position, adjusted laterally and quickly and effectively clamped to most effectively meet the convenience of the operator; and to provide a construction of'this sort which will enable the architect, in planning, to arrangethe room to better advantage than with the ordinary form of folding ironing board which will usually interfere with adjacent walls, stoves, sinks,

breakfast-nooks, cupboards and the like, and

obstruct door openings.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts ofwhich a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l'is a sideelevational view showing the invention arranged in operative position, the wall pocket being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the board in folded position.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the plane to bearranged vertically and disposed within a pocket 11 formed in the wall of the room, the pocket being provided with a closure in the form of a door 12 to cover the board when not in use. Guide grooves 13 are formed in the opposite side walls of the pocket 11 and slidably engaged in these grooves are the slides 14, the latter being formed with openings for the reception of trunnions 15 formed at the remote end of a rocker bar 16. A plate 17 is secured to the rocker bar by means of bolts 18 and on the under face at the end remote from the rocker bar, there is formed in the plate 17 a groove 19, this groove receiving the transverseportion of a stirrup 20, the arms of which at the free ends are outturned, as indicated at PATENT OFFICE.

ISSUE 21, to provide gudgeons pivotally engaging 4 sockets formed in the opposite side walls or guides of the pocket 11.

The plate 17 supports the board 10, the latter at the forward end beingtapered, as indicated at 22. A bolt23-extends through the plate 17 and through the board at the apex of the tapered portion, thus providing a pivotal connection between the board and the plate. The plate is also provided with an arcuate slot 24 concentric with the bolt 23 and the board is provided with a bolt 25 extending through the slot 2 1 and receiving 011 its upper end a wing nut 26. Obviously, this construction provides for the ad ustment of the board laterally with the bolt 28 as a pivot, the bolt 25 serving to and thus pivotal connection between the plate 17 and the stirrup is provided, the

stirrup also having pivotal connection with t the side walls of the pocket. By means of this arrangement, the board may be extended to horizontal operative position or folded into vertical position within the pocket, merely by respectively elevating the rear end of the board or depressing the plate 17, the

slides 14 in this operation moving down into the grooves 13 and the stirrup swinging on its pivotal connections with the pocket and the board until it reaches an approximate vertical position, when the hoardis disposed in vertical position within the pocket.

The extended or operative horizontal position ofthe board is maintained by a transverse bar 27 secured transversely of the pocket against the rear wall thereof, this bar overhanging the inner end of the plate in the horizontal position of the board and acting asan abutment stop. The board is thus supported horizontally jointly by the stirrup and the stop 27, the slides preventing any movement of the board longitudinally.

Y The sleeve board 28 is pivotally secured at its forward end, asindicated at 29, with a transverse rockerbar 30, the latter having trunnions or gudgeons 31 engaged in hearing plates 32 mounted on the side Walls of the pocket. The pivotal connection of the board 28 with the rocker bar provides for itsbeing moved laterally just as in the case of the main board, with the exception that of the sleeve board. The U-shaped member traversed by the slides, and a folding supwhet is claimed no means is provided for locking it in different angular positions, as. this is unneces sarv.

this member havii'igintu'rned extremitiesfi t engaged in s'oc kets in the opposite side edges bears upon the upper faeevof the main board 10 when supporting the sleeve board and, whenthe latter is not in use and arranged in folded position within the peekejt, the U- shep'e'dmember inay 'be folded down against the under "face thereof. I

The invention having been described,

as new and useful is:

"nature A. folding ironing table comprising a board having a transverse plate, withwhich the board is pivotally-eonnectedat its forward end for angular adjustment in a horizontal plane a rocker bar connected with said plate and providedwi th trunnions at its extremities, slides with which said trunnions ereengaged, guide members having grooves porting member connected with the plate at point remote from the rocker bar and havmg pivotal mountings in the guide inembers.

in testimony whereof he afiixes his sig-f STEPHENFV. SLAWSKI. 

